Dear Andrew Symonds,
You made my childhood awesome. It is too early for you to go. I am feeling really bad for you. We will miss you Roy.
With love,
S.Lalith Kishore.
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Yesterday, all rounder cricketer from Australia Andrew Symonds died in a car accident. When I first read the headlines, it was a news. Then, when I started collecting details about it, my mind started going back to my childhood days. Gilchrist, Hayden and Symonds were so hurting to us, Indians. They made us fear and they might have possibly given the worst feeling of India losing the cricket match. For a cricketing fan, nothing hurts more than his favorite team losing. He will be having no control and just watch his team losing and hurting himself. Unfortunately, I don't remember having Virat Kohli and Dhoni those times who could save a match from a completely losing position.
Andrew Symonds was such an all rounder with both the bat and ball. I remember him for his strange hair and lips. I always thought why this man was looking different from others. You find answers to some questions after some days. You find answers to some questions after some years. Today, I got the answer. I might have definitely wondered in my childhood why he is so strange. His west Indian ancestral roots give us the answers for his strangeness.
He was born to a father of African-Caribbean descent and mother of Scandinavian descent. He was born in United Kingdom. He was later adapted to another couple. They later shifted to Australia. He was in a position to choose between West Indies, England and Australia. Of course, he could select only one country to play. He had selected Australia to play and the rest was history.
He had been a member of two World Cup winning squads. He was an useful bowler taking wickets. Some compare his fielding skills with Gibbs and Jhonty Rhodes and say he was more versatile than them. It is up to the fans to compare them.
In IPL, I could say that he was the second most expensive buy for Deccan Chargers in one auction. In IPL, we could very easily find many good foreign players warming the bench and not even getting picked up by the teams. It just shows Symonds's quality. Even during his IPL times, not all foreign players are bought and he was bought for his quality at such a high price.
Symonds must be the most talented player who was just under rated.
I could very easily figure out the reasons why he is not that much rated. Firstly, he is from Australia which produces top class batsman every now and then. Secondly, the fame of Gilchrist, Hayden and Ponting must have faded him. Most importantly, it is easy to play as an all rounder than making your name as popular as Sachin Tendulkar or Ricky Ponting. Sachin or Ponting get enough time to bat. All rounders have very rarely got enough time to bat or showcase their skills.
Having said all these, there are certain controversies surrounding him too. There were some reports saying that he created problems after drinking alcohol and he commented poorly about his fellow cricket's wife. He has even talked bad about Brendon Mccullum. He has skipped one team meeting for fishing and he was subsequently dropped. These were some black dots in his career.
There is one thing that I really worry about Andrew Symonds. If he is well disciplined, he might have played few more years without any disciplinary action taken against him. We would have had the opportunity to see him playing.
When he came to India, he was treated in a bad way by Indian fans and even by Harbhajan Singh. I am apologizing as an Indian for all these incidents.
As his teammates call him fondly as ''Roy'', we miss you Mr,Roy. Thank you for entertaining us.
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